The Board of Supervisors of this Township signifies
its intention and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions
of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended and supplemented[2] (the "Authorities Act"), for the purposes of acquiring,
holding, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating, owning,
leasing, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, projects of the
following kind and character, to wit: buildings and structures to
be devoted wholly or partially for public use and for revenue purposes;
sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof; sewage treatment works, including
works for treating and disposing of industrial waste; and all facilities
in any way used, useful, necessary, convenient, incidental to the
furtherance and operation of such projects. The enactment of this
article is deemed necessary for the benefit of and preservation of
the public health, peace, comfort and general welfare of and will
increase the prosperity of the citizens of this Township.

The Board of Supervisors, President and Secretary,
respectively, of this Township are authorized and directed to execute,
on behalf of this Township, Articles of Incorporation for such Authority
in substantially the following form:

Articles of Incorporation

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

In compliance with the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L.
382, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended
and supplemented, and pursuant to an ordinance enacted by the municipal
authorities of the Township of Upper Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
expressing the intention and desire of the municipal authorities of
said municipality to organize a municipal authority under said Act,
the incorporating municipality does certify:

1.

The name of the authority is "The Upper Hanover
Authority."

2.

The Authority is formed under the provisions
of the Act of May 2, 1945 P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended and supplemented.

3.

No other authority has been organized under
said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended and supplemented,
or under the Act of June 20, 1935, P.L. 463, as amended and supplemented,
and is in existence in or for the incorporating municipality.

4.

The name of the incorporating municipality is:
The Township of Upper Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and
its address is: Township Building, Buck Road, Pennsburg, R.D., Pennsylvania.

5.

The names and addresses of the Municipal Authorities
of said incorporating municipality are: Willis Eschbach, Supervisor
and President of the Board, Ortts Road, Pennsburg, PA.; Donald Hoffman,
Supervisor and Secretary-Treasurer of the Board, R.D. 1, East Greenville,
PA.; Stanley Wlazelek, Supervisor, Layfield Road, Pennsburg R.D.,
PA.

6.

The names, addresses and terms of office of
the first members of the Board of the Authority, each of whom is a
resident and citizen of said incorporating municipality, are as follows:

Name

Address

Term of Office

(years)

Gordon Baver

Markely Road

Pennsburg, R.D., PA.

5

Michael Hipszer

Lloyds Lane

Pennsburg, R.D., PA.

4

George Miller

Kutztown Road

East Greenville, R.D., PA.

3

Stanley Meierhoff

Gravel Pike

East Greenville, R.D., PA.

2

Joseph Golden

Layfield Road

Pennsburg, R.D., PA.

1

7.

The purpose of the Authority shall be as follows:
To acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own, lease,
either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, projects of the following
kind and character, to wit: Buildings and structures to be devoted
wholly or partially for public use and/or for revenue purposes; sewers,
sewer systems or parts thereof; sewage treatment works, including
works for treating and disposing of industrial waste; waterworks,
water supply works, water distribution systems, and all facilities
in any way used, useful, necessary, convenient, incidental to the
furtherance and operation of such projects.

The President, Secretary and members of the
Board of Supervisors, respectively, of this Township are authorized
and directed to cause notice of the substance of this article, including
the substance of the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, and of the
proposed filing of such Articles of Incorporation to be published
as required by the Authorities Act.

The President, Secretary and members of the
Board of Supervisors, respectively, of this Township are authorized
and directed to cause such Articles of Incorporation, together with
necessary proofs of publication, to be filed with the Secretary of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to do all other acts and things
necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of the Authority,
including payment of any fees necessary in connection therewith.[1]

Editor's Note: A list of persons appointed as first members of the Board of the Authority, which originally followed this section and which is also included in the Articles of Incorporation, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).